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The genus
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Species of
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Linnaeus, 1758
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live in all tropical and warm temperate areas (Europe, Asia, north, central and south
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, Africa,
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) (
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). With reference to the case of the North
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fauna, there are significant modern studies emphasizing systematics and the role of humans in the distribution of certain species (
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,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB9E038B4FCD7FCB7" author="Shelley" box="[749,811,746,772]" pageId="1" pageNumber="52" refString="Shelley, R. M. (2006) A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Zootaxa, 1253, 1 - 50." type="journal article" year="2006">2006</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB83738B4FBD6FCB7" author="Shelley" box="[826,1066,746,772]" pageId="1" pageNumber="52" refString="Shelley, R. M., Edwards, G. B., &amp; Chagas, Jr., A. (2005) Introduction of the centipede Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, into northeastern Florida and the first authentic North American record, and a review of its global occurrences. Entomological News, 116, 39 - 58." type="journal article" year="2005">
Shelley
<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB89638B4FC2DFCB0" box="[923,977,746,771]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">et al</emphasis>
., 2005
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). Regarding the Mediterranean region, there are nine species (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB905394CFD39FC9F" author="Kraepelin" box="[520,709,786,812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Kraepelin, K. (1903) Revision der Scolopendriden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 20, 1 - 276." type="journal article" year="1903">Kraepelin 1903</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB9D9394CFC8CFC9F" author="Attems" box="[724,880,786,812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" refString="Attems, C. G. (1930) Myriapoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha. - Das Tierreich., W. de Gruyter and Co., Berlin and Leipzig, 54, 1 - 308." type="journal article" year="1930">Attems 1930</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB872394CFBF2FC9F" author="Lewis" box="[895,1038,786,812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. (1985) Possible species isolation mechanisms in some scolopendrid centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 55, 125 - 130." type="journal article" year="1985">Lewis 1985</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBF10394CFBA6FC9F" author="Lewis" box="[1053,1114,786,812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. (1996) Further records of Scolopendromorph and Geophilomorph Chilopoda from the Arabian Peninsula with a note by Dr. E. H. Eason on Lithobius erythrocephalus cronebergii Sseliwanoff. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 15, 137 - 156." type="journal article" year="1996">1996</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBF64394CFB5BFC9F" author="Lewis" box="[1129,1191,786,812]" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. (2001) Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) collected in northern Iraq by Dr Hywel Roberts with a review of previous records. Arthropoda Selecta, 10, 151 - 154." type="journal article" year="2001">2001</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBFBB394CFF29FCE7" author="Lewis" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Lewis, J. G. E. &amp; Gallagher, M. D. (1993) Scolopendromorph and Geophilomorph centipedes from Oman and the United Arab Emirates. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 13, 55 - 62." type="journal article" year="1993">Lewis &amp; Gallagher 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBBEE3964FE82FCE7" author="Negrea" box="[227,382,826,852]" pageId="1" pageNumber="51" refString="Negrea, S. (1997) On the Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) of Israel and adjoining areas. Israel Journal of Zoology, 43, 279 - 294." type="journal article" year="1997">Negrea 1997</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBA813964FDBFFCE7" author="Zapparoli" box="[396,579,826,852]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" refString="Zapparoli, M. (2002) Catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragmenta Entomologica, 34, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="2002">Zapparoli 2002</bibRefCitation>
) distributed over the area (Figure 1). Four of these, namely
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBE1E3964FA60FCE0" box="[1299,1436,826,851]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. mirabilis</emphasis>
(Porat, 1876)
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,
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4D2715892CBA32393CFD70FCCF" authority="Linnaeus, 1758" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[319,652,866,892]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="1" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="morsitans">
<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBA32393CFE33FCC8" box="[319,463,866,891]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. morsitans</emphasis>
Linnaeus, 1758
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,
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB99A393CFCD2FCC8" box="[663,814,866,891]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. oraniensis</emphasis>
H. Lucas, 1846
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C214D4D2715892CBF13393CFAE7FCCF" authority="Lucas, 1840" authorityName="Lucas" authorityYear="1840" box="[1054,1307,866,892]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="1" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valida">
<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBF13393CFB7FFCC8" box="[1054,1155,866,891]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. valida</emphasis>
Lucas, 1840
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, are absent from
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. In
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, the genus is split into two taxonomic clades (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB8DD39D4FB77FC17" author="Zapparoli" box="[976,1163,906,932]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" refString="Zapparoli, M. (2002) Catalogue of the centipedes from Greece (Chilopoda). Fragmenta Entomologica, 34, 1 - 146." type="journal article" year="2002">Zapparoli 2002</bibRefCitation>
), the well-known
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBE6D39D4FE95FC78" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">Scolopendra canidens</emphasis>
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group (
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CBACB39ECFD94FC7F" author="Wurmli" box="[454,616,946,972]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" refString="Wurmli, M. (1978) Biometrical studies on the taxonomy and the post-embryonic development of some species of Scolopendra Linnaeus (Chilopoda). Verhandlungen des Vereins fur Naturwissenschaftliche Unterhaltung zu Hamburg, 21 / 22, 51 - 54." type="journal article" year="1978">Würmli 1978</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB04B3F2715892CB97B39ECFD4EFC7F" author="Wurmli" box="[630,690,946,972]" pageId="1" pageNumber="53" refString="Wurmli, M. (1980) Statistische Unterschungen zur Systematik und postembryonalen Entwicklung des Scolopendra canidens Gruppe (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Sitzungsberichte der O sterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 189, 315 - 353." type="journal article" year="1980">1980</bibRefCitation>
) (
<figureCitation id="131A2A4B2715892CB9C739ECFCBAFC7F" box="[714,838,946,972]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="5.[152,256,1847,1871]" captionTargetBox="[388,1197,194,1822]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[388,1198,194,1823]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. A) The distribution of species of the canidens group in Greece according to Zapparoli (2002). Black circles: S. clavipes, asterisks: S. cretica, black triangles: S. dalmatica, black arrows: S. canidens (the southern black arrow indicates an uncertain data from Gavdos Is.), B) The distribution of Scolopendra cingulata in Greece according to Zapparoli (2002). Black arrows indicate data from the Aegean Islands whereas black circles indicate data from mainland Greece and Ionian Islands." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/182562/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">Figure 2A</figureCitation>
) and
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB88439ECFBEAFC78" box="[905,1046,946,971]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. cingulata</emphasis>
Latreille, 1829
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(
<figureCitation id="131A2A4B2715892CBFD139ECFABFFC7F" box="[1244,1347,946,972]" captionStart="FIGURE 2. A" captionStartId="5.[152,256,1847,1871]" captionTargetBox="[388,1197,194,1822]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[388,1198,194,1823]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 2. A) The distribution of species of the canidens group in Greece according to Zapparoli (2002). Black circles: S. clavipes, asterisks: S. cretica, black triangles: S. dalmatica, black arrows: S. canidens (the southern black arrow indicates an uncertain data from Gavdos Is.), B) The distribution of Scolopendra cingulata in Greece according to Zapparoli (2002). Black arrows indicate data from the Aegean Islands whereas black circles indicate data from mainland Greece and Ionian Islands." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/182562/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">Figure 2</figureCitation>
B). The group of centipedes described as
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB93D3984FCCBFC40" box="[560,823,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">Scolopendra canidens</emphasis>
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comprises a complex of five species (
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBE1E3984FA60FC40" box="[1299,1436,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. canidens</emphasis>
Newport, 1844
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,
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBA593E5CFE2DFBA8" box="[340,465,1026,1051]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. clavipes</emphasis>
C. L. Koch, 1847
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,
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB9BD3E5CFCE1FBA8" box="[688,797,1026,1051]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. cretica</emphasis>
Lucas, 1853
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and
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB8E63E5CFB81FBA8" box="[1003,1149,1026,1051]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. dalmatica</emphasis>
C. L. Koch, 1847
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and
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBE8B3E5CFEEDFBF0" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. oraniensis</emphasis>
H. Lucas, 1846
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), of which the taxonomical status was quite unclear for a long period. Until 1980 the taxonomy of
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was based on morphological data from the viewpoint of traditional taxonomy. At the beginning of 1980,
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produced a complete as possible taxonomic revision of the
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBE393E25FA60FB27" box="[1332,1436,1147,1172]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">canidens</emphasis>
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species, examining thousands of specimens and identifying 21 qualitative and quantitative morphological characters. Apart from this study, there is no modern approach on the subject and many questions about the geographic distribution and the origin of
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species remain unanswered.
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Here, we indicate that historical biogeography could explain the occurrence of the
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CBF833F45FADEFA87" box="[1166,1314,1307,1332]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">Scolopendra</emphasis>
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species in the continental and insular
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. We believe that
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<emphasis id="B955EADC2715892CB8083F1DFC68FAEF" box="[773,916,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="40">S. cingulata</emphasis>
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has the characteristics of an invader (colonizer), thus responding to the dispersalist paradigm, whereas the complex of species of the
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group have distribution patterns that would better be explained by vicariance events. We present data for the distribution and biogeographical patterns of the
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species occurring in
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. We propose several dispersal routes based on the complex geography and palaeogeography of the mainland and insular
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and we estimate the time of intrusion of several
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species in
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.
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